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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 7 Newark Eagles (NW2) 4

Game played on Thursday, May 30, 1946 (D) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 4   -   7 11  3
Newark Eagles                       0 2 1  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   4 10  4

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     5   2   3    1     0   0     0   0
Frank Austin ss                       5   1   2    2     0   0     0   0
Gene Benson cf                        5   1   1    3     0   0     0   0
Bus Clarkson rf, 2b                   5   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Joe Craig lf                          4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Bill Cash c                           3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Barney Brown ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Pete Jones c                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Mahlon Duckett 2b                     2   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
  Goose Curry ph, rf                  1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Henry McHenry p                       4   2   2    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               39   7  11    7     1   0    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Frank Austin, Mahlon Duckett, Henry McHenry. 

BATTING -
HR:  Gene Benson. 
Team LOB:  6


Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Clarence Isreal 3b                    5   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Benny Felder ss                       3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
  Monte Irvin ph, ss                  1   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Larry Doby 2b                         5   1   4    0     0   0     0   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Johnny Davis lf                       5   1   3    1     0   0     0   0
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       4   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Bob Harvey rf                         4   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Charlie Parks c                       4   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
Rufus Lewis p                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Biz Mackey ph                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Max Manning p                       0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               39   4  10    4     3   0    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Benny Felder, Lennie Pearson 2, Charlie Parks. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry McHenry W                      9      10   4    2   3   0   0  42
Totals                               9      10   4    2   3   0   0  42


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rufus Lewis                          8       7   3    3   1   0   0  33
Max Manning L                        1       4   4    4   0   0   1  7
Totals                               9      11   7    7   1   0   1  40



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Charles Moore

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 5/30/1946, game 1 --   at Newark Eagles (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Newark                        
1. M.Watkins           3b        C.Isreal            3b        
2. F.Austin            ss        B.Felder            ss        
3. G.Benson            cf        L.Doby              2b        
4. B.Clarkson          rf        L.Pearson           1b        
5. J.Craig             lf        J.Davis             lf        
6. D.Dennis            1b        J.Wilkes            cf        
7. B.Cash              c         B.Harvey            rf        
8. M.Duckett           2b        C.Parks             c         
9. H.McHenry           p         R.Lewis             p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; M.Watkins singled; F.Austin out on unknown play; G.Benson
out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: C.Isreal out on unknown play; B.Felder out on
unknown play; L.Doby singled; L.Doby was picked off first, but
was safe on an error by H.McHenry [L.Doby to second]; L.Pearson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   0, Eagles 0.

 2ND: J.Craig out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown
play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Eagles 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis singled; J.Wilkes singled [J.Davis to
third]; B.Harvey reached on an error by M.Duckett [J.Davis
scored, J.Wilkes to third, B.Harvey to first]; C.Parks out on
unknown play [J.Wilkes scored (unearned)]; R.Lewis out on
unknown play; C.Isreal out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.   0, Eagles 2.

 3RD: M.Duckett singled; M.Duckett was picked off first, but
was safe on an error by L.Pearson [M.Duckett to second];
H.McHenry out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play;
F.Austin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   0, Eagles
2.

EAGLES 3RD: B.Felder out on unknown play; L.Doby singled;
L.Pearson walked [L.Doby to second]; J.Davis singled [L.Doby
scored, L.Pearson to second]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play;
B.Harvey out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Eagles
3.

 4TH: G.Benson reached on an error by B.Felder [G.Benson to
first]; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; J.Craig out on unknown
play; D.Dennis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   0,
Eagles 3.

EAGLES 4TH: C.Parks out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown
play; C.Isreal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Eagles 3.

 5TH: B.Cash out on unknown play; M.Duckett walked; H.McHenry
singled [M.Duckett to second]; M.Watkins singled [M.Duckett
scored, H.McHenry to second]; F.Austin singled [H.McHenry
scored, M.Watkins to second]; G.Benson out on unknown play;
B.Clarkson singled [M.Watkins scored, F.Austin to second];
J.Craig out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   3, Eagles 3.

EAGLES 5TH: B.Felder walked; L.Doby singled [B.Felder to
second]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown
play; J.Wilkes walked [B.Felder to third, L.Doby to second];
B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.   3, Eagles
3.

 6TH: D.Dennis singled; B.Cash out on unknown play; M.Duckett
out on unknown play; H.McHenry out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   3, Eagles 3.

EAGLES 6TH: C.Parks out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown
play; C.Isreal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3,
Eagles 3.

 7TH: L.Pearson dropped a foul fly hit by M.Watkins; M.Watkins
out on unknown play; F.Austin out on unknown play; G.Benson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.   3, Eagles 3.

EAGLES 7TH: B.Felder out on unknown play; L.Doby singled;
L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis singled [L.Doby to
second]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  
3, Eagles 3.

 8TH: C.Parks dropped a foul fly hit by B.Clarkson; B.Clarkson
out on unknown play; J.Craig out on unknown play; D.Dennis out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.   3, Eagles 3.

EAGLES 8TH: B.Harvey singled; C.Parks reached on an error by
F.Austin [B.Harvey to second, C.Parks to first]; B.MACKEY BATTED
FOR R.LEWIS; B.Mackey out on unknown play; C.Isreal out on
unknown play; M.IRVIN BATTED FOR B.FELDER; M.Irvin singled
[B.Harvey scored (unearned), C.Parks to second]; L.Doby out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   3, Eagles 4.

 9TH: M.IRVIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); M.MANNING REPLACED
B.MACKEY (PITCHING); B.BROWN BATTED FOR B.CASH; B.Brown out on
unknown play; G.CURRY BATTED FOR M.DUCKETT; G.Curry out on
unknown play; H.McHenry singled; M.Watkins singled [H.McHenry to
second]; F.Austin singled [H.McHenry scored, M.Watkins to
second]; G.Benson homered [M.Watkins scored, F.Austin scored];
B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   7,
Eagles 4.

EAGLES 9TH: P.JONES REPLACED B.BROWN (PLAYING C); G.CURRY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); B.CLARKSON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on
unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   7, Eagles 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  7  11   3   6
 Eagles           4  10   4  11


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